Merida No. 2

BENGUET
(Bendian Festival)
Background and Context:

The Bendayan, which is also referred to as Bendian, is a dance that
was adapted from the tradition of the Benguet Mountain Province in
which hunters are honoured.
An Ibaloi-Kankanaey Festival. The Ibaloi (Nabaloi) and Kankanaey are
indigenous ethnic groups found in mountains of the Cordillera Central
on the island of Luzon. The Kankanaey live in western Mountain
Province, northern Benguet and southeastern Ilocos Sur. Both groups
perform the ceremony called the Bendian.
Bendian festival celebrated by the Ibaloi and Kankanaey is always big
andextraordinary. It involves the village circling and dancing around the
Ulul leader while executing various arm movements. It usually last until
the wee hours of the night, the Bendian ritual ends on the sound of the
loudest oway or war cry. This version of Bendian centers around the
maiden's part of the circle.
Bendian is performed for many reasons. Some of which are to heal
a prolong illness, relieve natural calamities such as famine and drought,
and to celebrate a bountiful harvest. However, in the past the biggest
Bendian was to celebrate a victory in war and a successful headhunt.
Nowadays the festival is held for important festive occasions
Time Siganture:
2/4
Costume:
●Kambal – long sleeved jacket of abel Iloko (Ilocano weave)

with broad stripes
of blood red, bottle green, blue, black and white accented with
strips of
checkered cloth
● Aken (Divet) – knee-length wrap- around skirt of the same
material as the
jacket.
●Donas – cloth belt to secure the skirt on the waist
●Headband of abel Iloko
● Akon – coin necklace/or seed bead necklace; tabing – gold
earrings; anas –
bracelet, complete the attire
Music and Instruments:

●Ganza (flat gong),
●sulibao (drum)
● takik (triangle steel bar)
●bunkaka (bamboo buzzer)
Jota Moncadeńa

La Jota Moncadeña was adapted from an old Spanish dance.
It is a combination of Spanish and Ilocano dance set to Spanish
music and castanets. A more solemn version of the dance is
sometimes used to accompany a funeral procession, but it was
also performed at the festival.
La Jota Moncadeña is one of the most famous interpretation
and adaptation of the Aragonese Jota dance. People of Moncada,
Tarlac, call it rather by a different name: Jota Florana. The Jota
Folrana was danced to the Ilocano/Yogad bamboo musical
instrument ensemble called tallelet. Dance anthropologist
Ramon Obusan said that the Jota Florana was danced to
accompany a bereaved family to the burial of a loved one. The
high pitched clicking of the bamboo clickers are supposed to
represent melancholy wails. The slow portion of the dance is in
fact named patay (death) or desmayo (fainting) that is performed
to a very slow marcha funebre. The same dance figure is found in
another Ilocano dance, the Ti Liday (which in Ilocano means
‘sorrow’ or grief-stricken’).
Time Siganture:
3/4
Costume:
Maria Clara style of costume for girls and the barong tagalog
with black trousers were the costume used by all Jotas.
It is a combination of Spanish and Ilocano dance set

to Spanish music and castanets.
- guitars, bandurrias, lutes, dulzaina, and drums

BINASUAN

The tradition of Binasuan dance originates in the Pangasinan province
of the Philippines. Pangasinan is located on the central western coast of
the country, and is host to several national festivals where Binasuan
dance is often featured.
Binasuan dance derived its name from a Pangasinan phrase that

literally translates to mean "with the use of a drinking glass." Though it is
not known exactly when Binasuan dance originated, dance has been an
important part of Filipino culture for centuries, beginning as a way for
people to express thanks to the gods, in festivals and traditional
celebrations, for blessings and prosperity.
Binasuan dance is a colorful, lively art that is often performed at

celebratory occasions in the Filipino culture, such as weddings and
parties. Sometimes, dancers will compete over who can complete the
most skillful moves, while balancing their glasses, for the entertainment
of the audience.
Time Siganture:
3/4
Costume:
-shortened skirt, with puffy butterfly short sleeves, plaid textile, low
cut bodice, and at times plenty of ornate embroideries.
- The musical instrument mainly used in this dance form is

the Pitoy Oras.

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BENGUET

Background and Context:

●Kambal – long sleeved jacket of abel Iloko (Ilocano weave)

Music and Instruments:

Background and Context:

Music and Instruments:

It is a combination of Spanish and Ilocano dance set

- guitars, bandurrias, lutes, dulzaina, and drums

Background and Context:

Binasuan dance derived its name from a Pangasinan phrase that

Binasuan dance is a colorful, lively art that is often performed at

Music and Instruments:

- The musical instrument mainly used in this dance form is

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